[The-Shoveler]

IMO the two biggest issues most voters will focus on are:

1) The Economy (the vast majority will vote their pocket book)

2) Health-Care.

Everything else is more on the fringe than some want to believe.

[The-Shoveler]

[quote=FlyerInHi]I already have a flight/retirement plan. For later, not now.[/quote]

Ranch house in a rural setting?

[The-Shoveler]

Using Percentages is a little confusing.

In absolute population growth CA still beat most of those States (except maybe TX)

For OR 1.37 % of 4.1 million is a lot less than .61% of CA’s 39 million.

Same for WA 7.4 million and AZ 7 million.

IMO Over the long term CA (the worlds 5th largest economy) will continue grow population and GDP very fast.

[The-Shoveler]

I was reading an article where towns in Colorado and TX were complaining that they were becoming CA. LOL .

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What people don’t say much is that despite a large number of out migration, the emigration and birth death rate keep California growing at about 1500 people per-day.

There seems to not be enough people leaving.

[The-Shoveler]

[quote=FlyerInHi]

I think you would be happier in bike friendly environment like Copenhagen [/quote]

LOL I was reading an article where Denmark is complaining they are being overrun with tourists and they were looking at ways to make themselves less tourists friendly (they get more tourists than the local population).

Anyway I have been to Copenhagen, IMO kind of flat and boring (The Little Mermaid is just a small little statue that graffiti artist paint sometimes). But the Beer is good.

[The-Shoveler]

IMO My life has become a lot more fun and interesting after moving to TV/North-SD going on 17 or so years ago now.

I still have ties to LA but I rarely spend much down time there.

Well once in a while we still go to Downtown LA or one of the several Asian communities in LA to shop and eat.

It’s not like you cannot get there from here.

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[quote=FlyerInHi]I was talking to friends about retirement planning. That crazy couple is talking about moving to temecula wine country from West LA. Nothing with Temecula if you live there already…. but retiring from LA sounds crazy to me.

I think it’s better to own condos in several cities and make the rounds. You want to be near major attractions. Perhaps rent an apartment in France, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Uruguay… whatever and stay sereral months each year. Airbnb and home share sites make it possible.

Plus in the next 10 years, with electric vehicles, there will be little pollution in the cities. Electric vehicles will improve liveability; and the desirability gap between urban and rural areas will widen considerably. I will wait to be proven right.[/quote]

Temecula is a good sized city these days with plenty to do, SD or LA attractions are just about an hour away.

Weird as it seems I actually live in both places.
The Temecula/SD/OC areas are much more fun than LA IMO.

Self Driving cars will not be restricted to LA LOL.

My plan is to retire in TV or North SD.

[The-Shoveler]

Oh Well Got stopped out, still up overall.
(just paper account).

Maybe it can break out again, we will see I guess if it goes through the 100 day MA.

[The-Shoveler]

[quote=The-Shoveler]In my paper account I bought spy at 261.20 with a trailing stop of 3 trying to play the bounce off the 200 day.

But it is just for fun, no real money.[/quote]
So now I sold/”and sold short” SPY at 266 (stoploss of 3) to play the bounce off the 50MA.

(in paper account so maybe does not really count).

I figure if this keeps up the 50, 100 and 200 MA are going to merge LOL.

[The-Shoveler]

In my paper account I bought spy at 261.20 with a trailing stop of 3 trying to play the bounce off the 200 day.

But it is just for fun, no real money.

[The-Shoveler]

I think we went over this on another thread,

But there were a few points made.

1) The higher the average income in a given area the Larger percentage of that income can be spent on housing, as the basics (food etc…) are much the same everywhere (maybe even less in socal).

I need to find the other points as they escape me now.

[The-Shoveler]

IMO selling Primary is very risky unless you are planning on moving anyway (up/down size, location etc…), I also think this still has a few years to run yet.

IMO it is very unlikely the next recession will be a housing led recession like the last one so it would be unlikely to be a big enough profit to make it worth it unless you were planning on moving anyway.

[The-Shoveler]

IMO a better comparison would be 2003 or 2004 .

or maybe 1984 -1985 .

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[quote=flu][quote=carlsbadworker]
Chinese’s government’s biggest fear is its own citizens not foreign countries. It spends more money on “social stability” than on military each year.[/quote]

Bingo.[/quote]

If you count Welfare, Police etc… we do too I would imagine LOL.

Seriously IMO all this trade talk is just that “talk” just yet. May end up being not such a big deal in the end, we will see I guess.

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